Very sturdy bookshelf. I decided to purchase this for sideways use as a bookshelf/TV stand. It allowed me to get rid of two sep
arate pieces of furniture that were taking up space.
Very easy assembly (albeit time consuming). The product arrived with a large dent/crack in one of the longer sides, but this could have happened anywhere along the shipping process. Luckily, I was able to simply keep this side on the bottom since I am displaying it sideways anyhow.
The color in this photo looks like dark wood, but the actual color is black with silver streaks.
Once assembled with the dent hidden, this product does look beautiful in my space. It seems to be holding my large screen television and at least 150 lbs of books without problems.
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I bought two six shelf bookcases, primarily to store a library of technical and business books. I am generally very pleased. T
he synthetic laminate is much nicer than I expected and matches the oak woodwork in my apartment very well. I also appreciate the 13" depth which is necessary for larger books and binders.
My only complaint is with the assembly instructions. The instructions by themselves are quite clear. However, these bookcases ship in two boxes with the lower part in one box and the upper part in the other box. The lower part is clearly designed to be sold separately as a two shelf unit. Unfortunately, the instructions in the lower section box are for assembling them as two shelf units and do not mention that they do not apply if being used as part of the six shelf unit. I opened the lower section boxes first and assembled them according to the instructions only to discover that this assembly was not correct when they are used as part of the larger unit. As a consequence, I had to partially disassemble the lower part in order to put them together correctly.
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